As evening approaches, devotees light lamps (deepas) in their homes and temples. Families chant mantras like "Om Pitrubhyo ...

Chief Minister Yogi performs Rudrabhishek of Bhagwan Shiva in Gorakhpur, prays for the well-being of the people of the ...

The Magh Mela, symbolising faith, penance and devotion, concluded on Sunday on the sacred occasion of Maha Shivratri at the holy Sangam in Prayagraj.

MAHIDPUR: The town witnessed vibrant Mahashivratri celebrations as devotees thronged Shiva temples. Temples, beautifully ...

Lakhs of devotees from across the country thronged various temples of Lord Shiva and <br />offered special prayers on the occasion of the auspicious Mahashivarathri.

The Ganga bifurcates as it enters West Bengal from Bihar, with one distributary veering off into Bangladesh as the Padma. The ...

Mahashivratri is on February 15, and I am tempted this week to revisit Shiva lore at Ujjain, where he is worshipped as Mahakaal. The famous Nasadiya Sukta, in its creation theory, Rig Veda 10:129:3 ...

Standing by the side of a pandal made of the long green leaves of coconut palms, a holy man mumbling his undecipherable name resembled what makes people think o ...

Archaeologists working in a sanctuary in Bavaria, Germany, have uncovered a rare collection of ritual objects that shed light on the early Roman cult of Mithras, a deity of Persian origin who was ...

Double entablature of the Temple of Hephaistos. Credit: George E. Koronaios / CC BY-SA 2.0 Greek temples may owe their iconic form not to abstract design or pure religious symbolism, but to the ...